Synopsis: Maria Varga, crippled mother of Mike Varga, decides to take in
boarders to help make ends meet, but Mike is opposed to the idea. He
resents the new boarders until they throw a surprise birthday party for
him. He then adopts them as his ‘godfathers’.

Synopsis: Peter draws the short straw to take Elizabeth Dent from the
Juvenile Care Department to dinner, in order to win her approval for the
Godfathers and the Varga household situation. However, the evening does
not go as well as planned.

Synopsis: Mike takes a dog from a nearby park, and when the police arrive
looking for it he runs away from home. Mrs. Parsons confesses to having
reported the incident, and when Mike returns he finds a surprise waiting
for him – a new puppy, whom he names Person.

15. So
Who's Going To Be The Father?
Synopsis: Mr. Papadopoulous, the local butcher, challenges Peter to an
exhibition boxing match when Peter decides to accompany Mike to the school
Fathers Day picnic.

Synopsis: Peter and Elizabeth both suffer from the attentions of unwelcome
visitors. Elizabeth is landed with the office wolf while Peter, alone at
home, is
confronted with an amorous Russian of Amazonian proportions.

EPISODE TITLES1. The Beginning
2. The Wooing Of Elizabeth
3. In The Dog House
4. Chris's Health Kick
5. Where There’s Smoke
6. That Lady
7. Quarantine Days
8. The Proposal
9. The Burglar And Mike
10. The Witch
11. The Old Wolves And The Young Wolf
12. Please God, Send Me A Bike
13. The Clown's Face
14. The Dentist
15. So Who's Going To Be The Father?
16. The Paper Boys
17. The Dark Is Not Light Enough
18. Some Enchanted Evening
19. Waltzing Matilda
20. The Star
21. Love Makes The World Go Round
22. Me And My Shadow
23. The Two Faces Of Madame Zelda
24. The Golden Horse
25. The Engagement
26. I Do, I Don't Final Michael Laurence
27. The Newcomer First Harold Hopkins
28. The Joker
29. Uncle Frank
30. The Lonely Hearts Club
31. African Safari
32. Maria Strikes Back
33. The Kidnapping Of Person
34. Symphony For Three
35. The Waif
36. The Old Puppeteer
37. Full House
38. Pop Goes Mike
39. Snakes Alive
40. Art For Lark's Sake
41. All At Sea
42. The Bully
43. There's A Tortoise In My Bath
44. The Sporting Life
45. The Veteran
46. A Ghost Called Alf
47. The Model Muddle
48. The Lift
49. Dave's Debut Or Call Me Fred
50. The Bindi Patch
51. The Muse
52. Too Many Cakes
53. The Heirloom
54. The New Addition
55. The Migrant
56. The Decorator
57. L For Learner
58. Mike And The Beanstalk
59. The Enchanted Bone
60. The Case Of The Disappearing Rabbit
61. The Plaster Cast Caper
62. The Longest Night
63. The Big Show
64. The Prize
65. The House On Ferris Street
66. Double Trouble
67. Autumn Time
68. Tender Time
69. Bundle Of Trouble
70. The Plot
71. The Diary Snatcher
72. The Wedding

Synopsis: Matilda Mathews, a daughter of an old friend of Maria's, comes
to stay. Mike and the Godfathers convert her from a plain, shy girl into
an attractive woman and
launch her on a career as a pop singer.

Notes: Brian Henderson, host of music show Bandstand and TCN-9
newsreader, appears as himself.

Synopsis: Peter spends a lost night, and next morning finds himself
engaged to his girlfriend Helen Fraser, after proposing in a mad moment
the night before. Try as he might, he cannot bring himself to break the
engagement.

Synopsis: Peter reduces the house to chaos on his wedding day. Getting him
to the altar proves to be a difficult task, as he makes every effort to
get out of the wedding right up to the last minute.

Notes: Final episode with Michael Laurence as a regular cast member, although
he continued to make frequent guest appearances as Peter Fairhall. When this script was
written a definite decision had not been made on the writing-out of Peter,
and an alternative ending was prepared, but not filmed.

27.
The Newcomer
Synopsis: Peter sends Maria a new boarder, Dave Milson, much to her
dismay. When he arrives he is met with a lack of enthusiasm from all, and
Mike is determined that no-one is going to take Peter's place.

Director.......Bill Hughes
Script from a story by.......Deirdre Dillon
Performances produced by.......Alister Smart
In charge of production.......David Hannay

Synopsis: Mike becomes a practical joker and victimises the entire
household. The tables turn when he finds himself in the position of the
'boy who cried wolf', and he and Dave are marooned on an island.

Synopsis: Peter arrives back from his honeymoon and takes up residence at
the Varga house again after a row with his wife. In an effort to bring
about reconciliation, the members of the household succeed only in having him
arrested.

Synopsis: When Mike arrives home from school with a project on African
animals, the Godfathers decide a trip to the zoo is the answer. Matters
become complicated when Mike discovers Dave has a secret and could be sent
to jail.

33.
The Kidnapping Of Person
Synopsis: Maria is broken-hearted when she witnesses the kidnapping of
Mike's dog by an old tramp from the front of the house. Fearing the dog
may have been poisoned, the Godfathers set out to find him.

Synopsis: A beautiful young musician moves in next door. To compete for
her attention, Dave and Gary take up music with a vengeance that shatters
the peace of the entire street, as Dave's saxophone and Gary's drums prove
too much for everybody.

Synopsis: Elizabeth begs Maria to take in a small orphan boy for a week in
the hope that she and the boys can get him to talk again in a relaxed
family atmosphere. Before the week
is out the child has found his way into all their hearts.

Synopsis: Mike befriends an old puppeteer whose only friends are his
puppets and the children he performs for. The household wonders at Mike's
mysterious comings and goings and enlist Peter's aid in finding the
answer.

Synopsis: Chris brings an old Army buddy home to stay who becomes
attracted to Elizabeth and proposes marriage to her. As Elizabeth stays in
the house as well, Maria finds that
having a full house can be an awkward problem.

Synopsis: Gary joins a local pop group as their drummer, but Mike sees him
as a star and tells everybody at school that Gary is a personal friend of
hit singer Ronnie Burns.
Notes: Ronnie Burns appears as himself, and performs his hit song
'Smiley'.

Synopsis: Gary's Uncle Ben arrives from the country and gives Mike a
six-foot carpet snake called Cecil. Mrs. Parsons is appalled when she sees
the ‘swaggie’ move in across the road, and is even more appalled when she
learns Cecil has escaped.

Synopsis: Gary falls for Mike's art teacher, Miss Lark, and takes up
painting. But Miss Lark is also a competent athlete, and Gary finds himself
competing with her in more ways than he bargained for in an effort to
impress her.

Airdate:
Melbourne 6/3/72
Sydney 10/3/72
Tamworth NSW 26/3/72
Orange NSW 16/5/72
Adelaide 30/6/72
Maryborough QLD 21/9/7241.
All At SeaSynopsis: Mike sees Chris with an attractive woman and is convinced Chris
has a romantic interest in her. He tells everyone about it and becomes
quite jealous of Chris's attachment, but Chris reveals a big surprise for
them all.

Synopsis: Mike is picked on by the local bully, 'Butch' Buckley, and ends
up with a pair of black eyes. So Dave
decides to teach Mike to defend himself - with rather comical consequences. With the help of the
Godfathers the situation is eventually resolved and Mike and Butch become firm friends.

Synopsis: Mike decides that he wants to be a vet when he grows up, so he
begins his career early by bringing all the stray and sick animals he
finds in the
neighbourhood into the house.

Airdate:
Melbourne 13/3/72
Sydney 17/3/72
Tamworth NSW 2/4/72
Orange NSW 30/5/72
Maryborough QLD 5/10/72
Toowoomba QLD 7/10/72
Port Pirie SA 26/12/73Coffs
Harbour NSW 26/1/74
Lismore NSW 26/1/7444.
The Sporting LifeSynopsis: Maria's confidence is shattered when she bravely
goes on her
first shopping trip in her wheelchair and
is involved in a collision. But the accident turns out to be a stroke
of good luck and a new friend introduces her to a sports club where she
regains her basketball skills.

Airdate:
Melbourne 27/3/72
Sydney 7/4/72
Maryborough QLD 19/10/72
Toowoomba QLD 21/10/72
Port Pirie SA 2/1/74Coffs
Harbour NSW 2/2/74
Lismore NSW 2/2/7445.
The VeteranSynopsis: Paul Bailey, the son of a neighbour, returns home from service
in Vietnam while his parents away on holidays, so Maria and the Godfathers
take him into their house as a guest. But they are dismayed to find
that he disappears with Gary's motorbike.

Airdate:
Melbourne 15/4/72
Sydney 21/4/72
Mt Gambier SA 21/9/72
Maryborough QLD 26/10/72
Toowoomba QLD 28/10/72
Port Pirie SA 9/1/7446. A
Ghost Called Alf
Synopsis: Maria and the Godfathers find themselves in trouble when they
start delving into the unknown with the help of a delightful elderly
mystic called Prunella Davis.

Synopsis:
Peter has a small domestic row with his wife and spends the night on the
couch at the Varga house. The row is settled in the morning, but trouble
starts brewing again when he and Dave vanish for nearly 12 hours.

Synopsis: During a ball
game Mike smashes Mrs. Parson's window. As a punishment, it is agreed that
Mike should mow her lawn for several weeks - but trouble starts when
Mike's friends decide to lend a hand.

Synopsis: Maria decides that the house is in need of redecorating, so she
calls in a flamboyant, professional interior decorator who has some
unorthodox ideas - including painting the living room black.

Synopsis: Elizabeth gives Mike a pet rabbit that causes complete
chaos in the household. When the rabbit keeps escaping into Mrs.
Parsons’ home, she is furious and threatens to make a pot of rabbit stew
if it happens again.

Synopsis:
Dave is landed with a lonely country girl whose energy and enthusiasm for
sporty outings leaves him drained. He decides to fake a broken leg in
order to avoid her, but is caught out with disastrous results.

68.
Tender Time
Synopsis: Mike develops a crush on his attractive new school
teacher, and as a result becomes super critical of his mother. The
Godfathers come to the aid of Maria and steer Mike out of the phase he is
going through.